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lundi 3 août 2015

Lolitas Real Life - Job - Part 2

Lolita is a wonderful passion, it's so empowering and make us happy. Well, some people find these clothings kinda strange, sometimes they find it funny or even childish... And sometimes they judge us on our style... I've created the "lolitas real life" reports in the objective to break clichés about lolita fashion, to try to show the world that we are completely integrated in the society; it is not because we dress in a particular fashion that we are not socialized. Two reports have already been published on my blog thanks to many volunteers.

Lolita is a full part of our lives and drive us in a way. But you know what? We are not made only out of frills. Sometimes, people forget that we are real people, with a busy life. We have a job or we do studies.Our clothes don't define who we are and what we do. This is a way of thinking; this is a way of life.

Tanpopo, is a lovely lolita from France. She is a mathematics teacher! She choose this career when she was in year eight, during her middle school, when she discovered what is a middle school teacher for real, and she has always loved mathematics! She can't wear lolita fashion at work because of the very strict rules (Otome is not okay either)... that's why she only wears it at home or during meetups.

Here is Alba from Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). Alba is an historian specialized in "Middle Ages" and the Modern Era, but she doesn't works in this domain. In her daily life, she works in her second passion,
Asia, for a shop specialized in Indonesia handicrafts. She wears Lolita at shop, fusion of Lolita with normal clothes or nu
goth style. For her, Lolita is nostalgic of the past times and she thinks that history and Lolita work together.

She writes about Lolita Fashion with the point of view of
history and anthropology in her blog: “We’re All Mad Here”.

Here is the beautiful Suika. She lives in France and her daily job is to be a school teacher! She chooses this domain because this work is really fascinating to her, a work of sharing where you don't have time to get bored! Her colleagues and students don't know -yet!- about her passion for lolita fashion.

Sarah is french and is an "artwork registrar". This not well know job aim is to physically manage museum collections (or other cultural institution). For instance, she takes care of the transportation of the work of art, of their insurance, shes takes care of the reserve, of the work of art preservation and so on. She's kinda the works of arts' nanny! Unfortunately, even if her colleagues who know about her passion for lolita like this fashion,it is impossible for her to wear her dresses at work. Jeans and safety shoes are a must!Sarah est française et est de régisseur
d’œuvres d'art. Ce métier encore assez peu connu consiste à gérer
matériellement les collections dans les musées (ou autre établissement
culturel). Par exemple, elle s'occupe du transport des œuvres, de leur
assurance, des réserves, de leur bonne conservation. C'est un peu la nounou des œuvres d'art !
Malheureusement, si ses collègues au courant de ma passion pour la
Lolita apprécient cette mode, il lui est impossible de porter ses robes au
travail. Le jean
et les chaussures de sécurité sont de rigueur !

Ania is from Vitoria, a town in the north of Spain and is a photographer. She doesn't wear lolita while she's working because she needs comfortable clothes that she doesn't mind to damage or get them dirty (for example, in the last session she did, she ended within a river!). Otherwise, lolita fashion inspires her constantly and it has a big presence in her photos.

Hachii lives in Toulouse and study in Clermont-Ferrand, France. She's a student in engineering school (VetAgro Sup), specialized in GEPV (Genomics, ecophysiology and plant production) and plant biotechnologies. She decided to work in a plant biotechnologies lab because she's really interested in research and therapeutics GMOs. For her, plant products are the future, and we need them to live in a healthy world.

Magdalena is a talented designer from Spain. Do you know her brand Violet Fane? She decided to start a lolita fashion brand to add many
forgotten themes to the fashion. Lolita is part of her daily
life, but if she decides to sew for 8 hours she prefers to wear comfy clothes. She told me that some people "think that we join lolita fashion to be a super
cool lolitas. But not, we join lolita fashion to be happy, so if we are
dressing perfectly everyday when we have to work even we are
uncomfortable, we are not doing it for us, we are doing it because we
don't want others to think we are not "true" lolitas. Wear fashion when
you want, even when you will stay on the sofa watching reality shows if
you want, but do it for you". I 100% agree with you Magdalena ♥!

Azu lives in Coruña (Galicia, Spain) and has always been very passionate about learning how the different forms of life work, so biology was her natural path to follow. She is especially passionate about plants, that's why she would love to see a botanical illustrations print someday! (Ed: Magdalena, if you read her...)

Here is my dear friend Emilie from Geneva in Switzerland. She works in a costume rental shop. She precise me that "As I work in a costume shop, my colleagues really like my style and originality. I enjoy working there too, because there are many rococo costumes, victorian costumes, hats and accessories, so it really inspires me for my Lolita outfits"

Michaela lives is the Czech Republic and she is an astronomer (E.d. Whoaaaa, that's really amazing!). Her job picture is by her poster at a conference and her lolita picture was taken during her 7th month of pregnancy. Now she is a happy stay at home mom ♥

Here is Lætitia. She lives in France and is a student in an osteopathic school. Lætitia chooses this job by passion when she discovered it. Her friends and family appreciate to see her in lolita, even if they don't always understand her coordinates.

Monica is from Vancouver, in Canada. She works as a writer. She told me that her father wanted her to go into the sciences, what she didn't want. Since her university years, she has been writing (and translating) things like arts features, website content, legal documents, press releases, and speeches for a living... and writing fiction on the side. Her current coworkers don't seem to like her outfit (」゜ロ゜)」

Tsukiyo lives in Lille, in the North of France. She's an interim secretary and on the side she's a dog/cat sitter! She has always love pets and all of them who come to her house during their masters' holidays are well more happy there than in a kennel! She loves so much her dogsitter work that she told me she thinks that a full time job as a secretary might not make her happy as taking care of dogs all year long!

Marta is from Rotterdam, in The Netherlands, and works as a chambermaid. She chooses this job because she can use her dresses every day to go to work. When she's working, she changes her clothes to use a uniform. She told me that some of her colleagues think she's crazy, some others give her compliments and others want to take pics of her looks. She's happy to have been accepted at her work the way she is.

Charlotte lives in the Netherlands and is a video game developer. She has always loved to invent worlds, so she decided to become a video games creator to give life to all this imaginary worlds and make them interactive. Generally, in video game companies, there is no real dress code, so wearing lolita fashion is not a problem! She also told me :" I'm actually working at home on a personal projects. One day maybe, I'd like to realized something related to lolita (a lolita RPG with boosts when coords are good and things like that...)"

Delioma lives in Gran Canaria in Canary Islands, Spain. She is graduated in History and she has almost completed a Master. She told me she has no problem to wear Lolita clothes in the faculty and her final project is dedicated to sub-cultures, she wants to give visibility to the Lolita Community. She told me: "Lolita is inspiration, beauty, my love for the history has greatly influenced in my life and this sub-culture is perfect for me."

The stunning Shimi live in Quimper, France. She works as a guide in a XIXth century castle! Recently graduated from Art History studies, to work as a guide has always been a desire for her in order to transmit her passion. And the surroundings of the place where she workds are breathtaking! Lolita match it perfectly, and a lot of tourists love her clothes.

Beliallives in Seville, in Spain. Belial is a design student at the university and is not used to wear total lolita outfits to go to school, but they use skirts and shirts conjoined with other styles. They told me "My aesthetics is very... singular, maybe. The thing is that I've faced too many problems through my life and now I feel very secure wearing that kind of clothes in public, even though I have to bear insults and abuse usually".

Lady Beth lives in Nancy, France. She is a PhD in Modern History teacher and guide/lecturer in a museum. Her taste for research and transmission of knowledge, and her passion for the Arts, led her to choose this career path. To her colleagues, lolita fashion or any kind of "abnormal" fashion is not accepted, so many of them just ignore it. On another side, during conventions or parties she organizes or during interviews for her blog, she has a lot of compliments, and that makes her happy.

Here is Cissy! She's from Malaga, in Spain and she is studying graphic designs because her wish is to have a career in animated movies! Her dream is to make pieces of art as "The little mermaid" or "Up", for example! She hope to be able to wear Lolita at work since is something creative.

Florentine is french. She's actually studying Art History at the university. She chooses this course because she thinks there is a relation between lolita and History. She finds the aesthetic of vintage clothes modernized and more practical (because shorter) in lolita fashion, she has also studied fashion history. However, she doesn't wear lolita a lot at the university because, to her, it's a real constraint in public transportations.

Julie lives in France, she is studying for a vet career! And she assures us that this job is not easy at all, because contrary to what some people might think, vets don't spend their day petting cute pets. They have to face death everyday and don't be bothered by organs and corporal fluids. That's why she completely assumes her passion about lolita, it helps her to handle it and enjoy all life's small pleasures.

Thank you again a thousand times to all the volunteers who sent me their pictures and shared their stories. The next "lolitas real life" report will be about something a bit different. I let you know the subject, and when the submissions will be open (probably during September), on my Facebook page. Stay connected!

About Me

My name is Pom, French kawaii ambassador. I'm a lolita, passionate by fashion, shoes, cooking, DIY, and so on. On this blog you'll find my state of mind, my wishes, some tutorials and advice. Stay tuned and have fun ^w^